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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = Sudden Strike - cover.png
 
|cover        = Sudden Strike - cover.png
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Fireglow Games}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Fireglow Games}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/developer|INtex Publishing|Total War expansion}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Cdv Software Entertainment}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Cdv Software Entertainment}}
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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 24, 2001}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 24, 2001}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view, Isometric }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Strategy }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | World War II, Historical }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Sudden Strike }}
 
|steam appid  = 612300
 
|steam appid  = 612300
 
|gogcom id    = 1248581604
 
|gogcom id    = 1248581604
 +
|hltb        = 45564
 +
|lutris      = sudden-strike-gold
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 +
|mobygames    = 2610
 
|wikipedia    = Sudden Strike (video game)
 
|wikipedia    = Sudden Strike (video game)
 
|winehq      = 322
 
|winehq      = 322
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Sudden Strike}}
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 +
{{Introduction
 +
|introduction      =
 +
 
 +
|release history  =
 +
 
 +
|current state    =
 +
}}
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|SafeDisc|2}} in American release.<br>{{DRM|CopyLok}} in European releases. | | Windows }}
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | sudden_strike_gold | DRM-free | |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| GamersGate | sudden-strike-gold | Steam | Gold Edition. |  | Windows }}
{{Availability/row| Steam | 612300 | Steam |  | | Windows }}
+
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | sudden_strike_gold | DRM-free | Gold Edition. |  | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Steam | 612300 | Steam | Gold Edition. |  | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| ZOOM | sudden-strike-1-gold-forever-total-war-addons | DRM-free | Gold Edition. | | Windows }}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{--}} All of the versions aside from '''original''' CD release are missing in-game soundtrack.
 
{{--}} All of the versions aside from '''original''' CD release are missing in-game soundtrack.
 +
===Version differences===
 +
{{ii}} The '''Gold Edition''' includes the base game, the Forever expansion and the unofficial Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage expansion.
  
 +
==Monetization==
 
{{DLC|
 
{{DLC|
 
{{DLC/row| Sudden Strike: Forever |  | Windows }}
 
{{DLC/row| Sudden Strike: Forever |  | Windows }}
 +
{{DLC/row| Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage | Unofficial expansion, later included in compilations. | Windows }}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
|gog galaxy           = true
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|discord                  =
|gog galaxy notes     =  
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|discord notes            =
|origin               =  
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|epic games launcher      =
|origin notes         =  
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|epic games launcher notes =
|steam cloud           = true
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|gog galaxy               = true
|steam cloud notes     =  
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|gog galaxy notes         =  
|uplay                =  
+
|origin                   =  
|uplay notes           =  
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|origin notes             =  
|xbox cloud           =  
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|steam cloud               = true
|xbox cloud notes     =  
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|steam cloud notes         =  
 +
|ubisoft connect          =  
 +
|ubisoft connect notes     =  
 +
|xbox cloud               =  
 +
|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
|widescreen resolution      = false
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|widescreen resolution      = hackable
|widescreen resolution notes= Only resolutions are <code>640x480</code>, <code>800x600</code> and <code>1024x768</code>.
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|widescreen resolution notes= Only resolutions are <code>640x480</code>, <code>800x600</code> and <code>1024x768</code>.<br>[https://t.me/s/ss_hd_mod Sudden Strike HD Mod] introduces 16:9 resolutions (as well as additional 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions).
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
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|windowed                  = unknown
 
|windowed                  = unknown
 
|windowed notes            =  
 
|windowed notes            =  
|borderless windowed        = unknown
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|borderless windowed        = hackable
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|borderless windowed notes  = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0mZg6UT_OU|title=Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing|date=19 November 2022}}</ref>
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 +
|upscaling                  = unknown
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = unknown
 
|vsync                      = unknown
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
|120 fps                    = unknown
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|120 fps                    = hackable
|120 fps notes              =  
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|120 fps notes              = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0mZg6UT_OU|title=Sudden Strike in 1080p at 240fps with Borderless-Windowed and with 1:1 Perfect Mousing|date=19 November 2022}}</ref>
 
|hdr                        = unknown
 
|hdr                        = unknown
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = no
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|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|mouse sensitivity        = false
 
|mouse sensitivity        = false
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
|mouse menu                = yes
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|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = no
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|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
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|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
|full controller          = false
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|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
|controller remap          = false
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|controller remap          = unknown
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
|controller sensitivity    = no
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|controller sensitivity    = unknown
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
|invert controller y-axis  = no
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
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|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|other button prompts notes=  
|controller hotplug        = no
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|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
|haptic feedback          = no
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|haptic feedback          = false
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|simultaneous input        = unknown
 
|simultaneous input        = unknown
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}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
|separate volume          = yes
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|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
|eax support notes        =  
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|eax support notes         =
 +
|royalty free audio       = unknown
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|royalty free audio notes  =
 +
|red book cd audio        = true
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|red book cd audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
  |audio    = yes
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  |audio    = true
  |subtitles = no
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = French
 
|language  = French
|interface = yes
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|interface = true
|audio    = no
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|audio    = false
|subtitles = no
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|subtitles = n/a
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = German
 
|language  = German
|interface = yes
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|interface = true
|audio    = yes
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|audio    = true
|subtitles = no
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|subtitles = n/a
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = Polish
 
  |language  = Polish
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
  |audio    = yes
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  |audio    = true
  |subtitles = no
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  |subtitles = n/a
  |notes    = Available only in local retail release.
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  |notes    = Local retail only.
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = Russian
 
|language  = Russian
|interface = yes
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|interface = true
|audio    = no
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|audio    = false
|subtitles = no
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|subtitles = n/a
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
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|windows arm app        = false
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|windows exe notes      =
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|macos intel 32-bit app =
 +
|macos intel 64-bit app =
 +
|macos arm app          = unknown
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|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
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|linux 64-bit executable=
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|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
|minOS    = 9x, ME, 2000, XP
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|minOS    = 95
 
|minCPU  = Intel Celeron - 333 MHz
 
|minCPU  = Intel Celeron - 333 MHz
|minRAM  = 128 MB RAN
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|minRAM  = 128 MB
 
|minHD    = 350 MB
 
|minHD    = 350 MB
 
|minGPU  =  
 
|minGPU  =  

Latest revision as of 21:04, 22 February 2024

Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike cover
Developers
Fireglow Games
Total War expansion INtex Publishing
Publishers
Cdv Software Entertainment
Kalypso Media Digital
Release dates
Windows January 24, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Strategy
Themes World War II, Historical
Series Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike on HowLongToBeat
Sudden Strike on MobyGames
Sudden Strike on Wikipedia
Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike 2001
Sudden Strike 2 2002
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory 2007
Sudden Strike 4 2017

Sudden Strike is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric strategy game in the Sudden Strike series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1] in American release.
CopyLok DRM in European releases.
Windows
GamersGate
Icon overlay.png
Gold Edition.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Gold Edition.
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Gold Edition.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
All of the versions aside from original CD release are missing in-game soundtrack.

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes the base game, the Forever expansion and the unofficial Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage expansion.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Sudden Strike: Forever
Windows
Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage Unofficial expansion, later included in compilations.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\sudtest.ini[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612300/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGames\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612300/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only resolutions are 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768.
Sudden Strike HD Mod introduces 16:9 resolutions (as well as additional 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
[3]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
[4]

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Local retail only.
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Celeron - 333 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 350 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References